莱斯银行集团宣布已经赚取每季度的税前利润，自从英国银行将优先股发给股东作为红利和接管苏格兰哈里法克斯银行之后，这是该行第一次转亏为盈。

Lloyds Banking Group said it had made a quarterly pre-tax profit, the first time the British bank has returned to the black since its bail-out and takeover of HBOS.

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假若那样的话，莱斯银行收购苏格兰哈里法克斯银行的行为看上去相当不可靠，因为考虑到后者的获利能力使其将会在2011年走出困境，而双方联合后将占全国零份额的25%左右。

In that case, Lloyds’s acquisition of HBOS, which in 2011 will start to come good in terms of profitability, looks vulnerable because of the combination’s 25% or so retail-market share in Britain.

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